USS Shoup conducts replenishment-at-sea with HMAS Supply in South China Sea

Royal Australian Navy Supply-class replenishment oiler HMAS Supply (A195) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) while underway in the South China Sea, July 24, 2026. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. George Washington is the U.S. Navy’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific, while operating alongside allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jack D. Barnell)